Show-case



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. R. B. DANDO. Show Case.

No. 233,213. atented Oct. 12,1880.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. PMOTO-UYMQGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D c.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 R. B. DAND/O. Show Case.

No. 233,213. Patented Oct. 12, 1880.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

Nmsrars. FNOTO UTMOGRAPHER, WASHINGYDN. u 04 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFIQE.

ROBERT B. DANDO, OF ALTA, IOWA.

SHOW-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,213, dated October12, 1880.

Application filed August 19, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT B. DANDO, of Alta, in the county of BuenaVista and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Show-(Jase, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object or this invention is to provide a novel device designedespecially for containing boxes of cigars and protecting and displayingtheir contents.

. The invention consists of a case containing shelves, on which arefixed the covered cigar or other boxes; and, further, of cords connecting the box-lids and case-doors, and so arranged that the opening of thecase doors causes the box-lids to open.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the device, partly in section, withparts broken away to exhibit other parts. Fig. 2 is a cross-section online 00 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view, in elevation, of the doors of theshow-case, the hinge, and its spring.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the showcase provided with vertical hingeddoors B B, one hinge, B, of each door B being provided with a springdesigned to hold the said door open. 7

O O are the shelves, arranged in the usual manner, one above the other,and far enough apart to permit the lids of the boxes D D to be raised.

D D represent cigar-boxes provided with lids a a, and b b representmovable strips pushed between the smaller boxes to hold them wedgedclosely and firmly on the shelves 0 O. The said boxes D D areso placedon the shelves 0 O that lids of the half D will open toward one side ofthe case A, and the other half, D, toward the opposite side thereof.

In the sides of the case A, and in each interspace between the shelves 0O, are vertical slots 0 0, extending through said case sides near therear edges thereof, and having transverse rods or rollers d d fixedwithin them.

When the boxes D D are placed on the shelves 0 G a line is drawn acrosstheir lids in line with the corresponding side slots, 0 c, and then asaw-cut, f, straight or oblique, as

the case. requires, is'made in the ends or edges of the lids a a on theline so drawn.

A screw-eye, g is screwed from the inside into the top of the case A atthe central point of the rear edge thereof, and a correspondingscrew-eye, h, is screwed into a block, 0', that is fastened 'centrallyon the top front strip of the case, over the doors B B. In the top ofeach door B B, on theinside thereof, a screw-eye, k k, is inserted, andin the inside of each door, at the lower inner corner thereof, is ascreweye, I.

In the rear of the case A, and in the upper edge of the base A thereof,are two divergent oblique saw-cuts, m m, and two screw-eyes, n n, are'screwed horizontally into the rear of said base, as shown, thefunctions of all of which saw-cuts and screw-eyes are hereinafter setforth.

A cord, E, is attached to a screw-eye, k, on a door, B, and passedrearward successively through the screw-eyes It g, and has a ring, F,made fast to its free end.

The drawings represent a show-case with three shelves, and on each shelffour boxes, two on each side of the transverse central line. It is,however,,evident that a case containing a greater or less number ofshelves capable of holding a greater or less number of boxes may beconstructed. In this instance, from the ring F three cords, G G G, areextended laterally through the upper slot, 0, on one side of the case A.One cord is immediately bent around the pin din the said slot 0, and ispassed through the saw-cut f in the lid of the box D on the upper shelf0, that is nearest that side of the case, and is then knotted that itmay not slip, and is then extended to the next box D, and then passedthrough the cut f of that lid on and knotted, the endG being long enoughto permit the lids a a to be closed when the door B is closed. The nextcord G is extended down along the side of the case and entered into thenext slot 0 under the pin d, and in like manner connected with the lidsof the boxes D on the second shelf (3 and the third cord G is passeddown through the lower slot 0, and is connected in the same manner withthe lids of the boxes D on the lower shelf 0. On the other side of thecase A a like cord, E,

is attached to the other door B, and has a similar ring, F, and cords GG G connected therewith, which cords are in like manner extended to andconnected with the lids a of the boxes D.

Cords 11 H are attached to the screw-eyes l l in the lower corners ofthe doors B B, and are passed through from front to rear of the casebetween the lower shelf 0 and the base A, and through the obliquesaw-cuts m m, and have their ends secured to the screw-eyes n n, saidcords II 11 being knotted to prevent slipping through said cuts in inwhen the doors B B are drawn together. By pulling either or both of saidcords II II either or both of said doors B B are closed, as the case maybe, and thereby all the cords attached to or connected with thecigar-boxes l) l) are slackened, and the lids of said boxes closed bytheir own weight or by elastic cords or springs that may be applied forsuch purpose.

()n lifting the cords [I ll, or eitherof thel'n, from the cuts in m oneor both of the doors B B are opened because of springs attached to theirhinges or other parts thereof.

The opening of the door or doors draws the respective cords G G taut,and thereby the lids a a of the boxes D D are simultaneously opened.

By this device cigars or other articles are kept free from dust andlight when desired, and may be displayed only when the doors are opened.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let;- ters Patent, is-

1. A show-case consisting of case A, pro vided with spring-doors B,shelves 0 0, side slots,c c,and saw-cuts m m, cords E E G H H, and theirrespective screw'eyes and rings, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. The combination, with the case A, provided with spring-doors BB,shelves C (J, side slots, 0 c, and cross-cuts m m, cords E E G H H,and their respective screw-eyes,of the covered boxes 1) D',provided withsaw-cutsffin their lids, substantially as herein shown, and for thepurpose set forth.

ROBERT BRUCE DANDO.

\Vitnesses:

I). W. CAMP, WM. M. REEDER.

